Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. From LearnThat.org. [Kahlil Gibran, Source: A Handful of Sand on the Shore]
The arcane science of dowsing. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Obfuscation of data: Some sites have made their data available, but in arcane or unparseable formats. From Wordnik.com. [A Bill of Righteous intent | FactoryCity] Reference
Fewer than half a dozen articles have been published on apotemnophilia, most of them in arcane journals. From Wordnik.com. [A New Way to Be Mad] Reference
A Stygian this time, his face tattooed in arcane designs that had been old when Acheron was new to the world. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
Grandma Gitty asked me what the word "arcane" meant. From Wordnik.com. [Robert David Jaffee: 100 Is the New 70] Reference
And is it arcane to write "arcane" when I could have written "difficult"?. From Wordnik.com. [Sex, Love, Food…and Urinating] Reference
Support her because she can navigate the "arcane" rules of the AZ legislature?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-04-01] Reference
KURTZ: What do people think, Gloria Borger, when they hear this kind of arcane debate?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2004] Reference
He also doesn't know what the word "arcane" means and apparently thinks it means "archaic.". From Wordnik.com. [Dear Aaron Sorkin: One Tiny Studio 60 Response] Reference
I was listening to BBC yesterday and they keep referring to our election process as "arcane". From Wordnik.com. [Who WIll Decide? Will Super Tuesday, Dem Machine Superdelegates, Super Money, Diebold, the Corpstream Media Or Super Th] Reference
I don't think I see it with anymore expertise or any kind of arcane knowledge that the viewer doesn't. From Wordnik.com. [The Acting President] Reference
You have the Russians talking specifically about situations on the ground, a very kind of arcane legal justification, etcetera. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2008] Reference
I mean, if you do, that's an excellent moment, but it's odd to base a big, "awesome" ending on what is kind of arcane knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [What I bought – 27 February 2008 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
Could it be that the Senate has some kind of arcane rules that prevents it from passing legislation even if there is a consensus?. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Chameides: News Flash: Astronaut Solves the Climate Problem] Reference
Tannim had put some kind of arcane protection on him after dinner tonight, when he signed a preliminary agreement with Fairgrove. From Wordnik.com. [Born To Run]
It's a kind of arcane process, but what it does is it-it is not filibusterable. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy Now!] Reference
Which brings us to another fairly subtle (or is "arcane" the better word?) general observation. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Bodo's TennisWorld] Reference
Wildly disorganized, ignoring the kind of arcane science that dictates the layouts of Best Buy. From Wordnik.com. [Gizmodo] Reference
For one thing, it seems like exactly the kind of arcane legislation you elected a senator to worry about. From Wordnik.com. [TV Barn] Reference
Federated Farmers describes the duty as "arcane" and says it is widely seen among farmers as an "envy tax". From Wordnik.com. [Radio New Zealand News Headlines] Reference
NYTimes still providing cover: "arcane" "obscure" reconciliation rules Preeminence vs Partisanship - Utah Gov. From Wordnik.com. [TPMCafe] Reference
And from other posts, Obama charges appear as "Obama for America" on statements, so the name is hardly "arcane" at all. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
I actually decided that I better look up "arcane" to be sure I understood the word, and it wasn't quite what I thought it was. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
"arcane," "technical," or "abstruse" in the same way as they referred to former attorney general Alberto Gonzales as. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
But there are a few arcane exceptions even to that rule. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Ask, Don't Tell] Reference
Run for cover -- this isn't the arcane antitrust snoozer of yesteryear. From Wordnik.com. [Storming Gates] Reference
The language is almost always an agony of arcane jargon and clunky grammar. From Wordnik.com. [No Insurance? That’s a Killer.] Reference
Even to Cohen, a folklorist, filmmaker and musician, it sounded a bit arcane. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots Of Rock] Reference
What's more, the bill includes an arcane provision known as "carryover basis.". From Wordnik.com. [The Estate Of The Nation] Reference
For some countries, trade policy is the stuff of arcane rules and wonky bureaucracy. From Wordnik.com. [Power Up] Reference
But neither talks about a central issue, the seemingly arcane federal "" sentencing guidelines. ''. From Wordnik.com. [What They Dodged] Reference
One fortune teller uses arcane passages from the Taoist Book of Changes to analyze a customer's prospects. From Wordnik.com. [Apocalypse When] Reference
It currently includes close to 30 funds, including arcane choices like Latin America and Far East Equity funds. From Wordnik.com. [Not So Retiring Anymore] Reference
They're essentially archives, and they may require a curator's sense of dedication to get through the arcane details. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Style on Display] Reference
This might seem an arcane comparison, especially to the many people who only dimly remember that the Kosovo war ever happened. From Wordnik.com. [Best-Laid Plans] Reference
A James Carville-type strategist would have known how to go after Gore -- without trying to explain years of arcane voting records. From Wordnik.com. [Bill Bradley's Last Stand] Reference
According to the arcane language of the special-prosecutor statute, cabinet members are considered "" covered '' under the law's scope. From Wordnik.com. [Reno's Dilemma] Reference
I'd speed-read the arcane gallery notes, desperate for guidance: tell me what I'm looking at, please, before someone sees I'm clueless. From Wordnik.com. [Did A Car Hit It--Or Maybe A Train?] Reference
I was 16, and I remember fixating on a series of somewhat arcane details: Many of the Columbine victims were gunned down in the library. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbine Generation] Reference
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